The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

This is still within his acceptable range.

"All shipborne main guns concentrated their fire on the core, precisely targeting the nerve center of the corpse's brain."

"The lord-level target will be handed over to the special operations team for a pinpoint kill."

Soon, hundreds of heavy main guns converged their firepower, focusing all their firepower on the central location of the colossal mass at the core of the underground structure.

The extremely condensed annihilation beam pierced through the stitched-together behemoth's body. Even if its carapace was hard, it could not withstand the intense, localized scorching heat under such continuous bombardment.

The stitched beast wanted to run away, but due to its enormous size, it was unable to return to the underground.

The outcome was obvious: unable to withstand such intense firepower, the stitched monster's flesh crumbled layer by layer, and its biomass body continuously vaporized and dissolved.

No matter how much the mother ship mobilizes biomass to regenerate and enhance its adaptability and durability, it cannot withstand the energy output of naval guns.

Meanwhile, dozens of special forces soldiers clad in psionic armor used spatial teleportation to penetrate into the heart of the battlefield.

A portable, single-soldier psionic weapon and its full-power ability.

Each warrior possesses Tier 3 strength, and with Lu Qianwei, a space-based ability user, providing protection from behind, they are all on the front lines.

The special forces team, almost unharmed, used speed and strength to assassinate the core body of the Lord-level Flood Demon.

One head, two heads, three heads...

All the mutated lords were precisely killed one after another. Their bodies fell to the ground and before they could be regenerated, they were transferred into the air by Lu Qianwei and burned to ashes in the energy path of the ship's cannon beams!

The flood of monsters in the restricted area was limited. Without supplies, the Marines spent half a day but finally made it to the front of the Brain Beast Mother.

Surrounded by enemies, the brain beasts realized that mental attacks were ineffective against humans and began to beg for mercy.

Lu Qianwei knew this was a delaying tactic; as long as he lived, he would one day be able to turn the tables and take revenge!

But what Lu Qianwei needs is the Flood Virus, not a dangerous species full of intelligence.

Even though it wanted to exchange it for the vast amount of Forerunner technology stored in its brain...

Lu Qianwei ultimately carried out a complete physical and dimensional erasure of it.

With the mother body dead, the entire restricted area fell into complete silence, and the troops began to clean up the mess.

The group's approach was simple and straightforward: using high temperatures and annihilating substances to kill the virus at a microscopic level.

As it burned inch by inch, all the remaining biomass and broken body remains were transformed into neutrinos, making revival virtually impossible.

But we have always maintained a cautious attitude towards viruses, even though this place has been disinfected again and again.

The multi-faceted alliance continues to use psionic barriers for physical and dimensional containment. Even soldiers who leave must undergo rigorous disinfection and sterilization, giving the Flood virus absolutely no chance to make a move.

Chapter 255 Halo 7

The elimination of the Red Devil virus in District 04 does not mean that the Halo universe is free of the Flood.

In fact, apart from Halo 04, the other halos also contain the Flood Virus.

Knowing the game's plot and the approximate locations of the other halos, Lu Qianwei isn't in a hurry to scheme for a new halo.

What is needed now is to resolve the interstellar war between the Covenant and the UEG Earth United Government.

Of course, this solution doesn't refer to a peaceful resolution.

The Covenant launched the war not only to vie for the Halo effect, but also because its higher-ups were jealous of humanity's status as the Restorers.

In essence, it was a complete and utter war of genocide driven by religion as a lie!

Humanity is the rightful heir to the Forerunner civilization. Once the truth is revealed, the entire Covenant religious system will collapse, and the Prophet's theocratic rule will be completely dismantled.

Therefore, in order to maintain their power, they declared that humans were "heretics who desecrated the relics of the forerunners," and issued a genocide order in the name of holy war, turning human civilization into a scorched earth.

The spacetime portal to the Halo Universe has been permanently fixed by Lu Qianwei.

The Flood virus is dangerous, but the relics of the Forerunner civilization are also very appealing.

Moreover, there's the Halo, a galaxy-level weapon; for the sake of peace in this universe, it must be brought back.

“Captain Case, you guessed right, we are indeed direct descendants of the Forerunners.”

Before parting, Lu Qianwei chuckled and accepted Case's imagined scenario.

"We are all compatriots. If you need our support, we will go without hesitation!"

"Commander Lu! Thank you so much!"

"I will definitely inform the Earth United Government of your matter when I return."

Lu Qianwei nodded slightly, and the two exchanged some more trivial words.

Case then led his men away from the Halo surface aboard the Autumn Wind's Mound.

Lu Qianwei waved goodbye one last time, then looked at the sergeant major who he had specially left behind, still wearing his helmet beneath it.

Of course, that was a joke.

Leaving the sergeant behind, Lu Qianwei was curious about what looked under his helmet.

Actually, I was drawn to him because of his status as the protagonist and his experience in dealing with battlefield situations.

If Case knew what a legendary talent he had given away, would he cry his eyes out?

“John, you will be leading a team to Special Zone 05 to search for the Halo. I wonder if you are confident?” Lu Qianwei said, patting his shoulder armor.

The sergeant major stood at attention and saluted: "I promise I will not let you down!"

It's impossible for him to lack confidence. After witnessing the overall strength of the Space Fleet and Marine Corps, he was quite confident that he could completely eliminate the remaining Red Devils.

Lu Qianwei nodded slightly, said a few more words to him, and then let him leave to help him build relationships with the soldiers.

…………

Thousands of light-years away, inside the highest command hall of the Star Alliance's core holy city, the City of Compassion.

The entire theocratic center was shrouded in an extremely oppressive and deathly silence.

A massive circular star map projection floated in the center of the hall, while countless points of light representing Star Alliance warships extinguished, dimmed, and disappeared in patches in the outer space of Reach.

Within just a few standard hours, the 278 main encirclement fleet commanded by Ur Warren completely lost contact.

There is no record of jump escape, no self-destruction signal, and no last artillery fire data transmitted back from the battlefield.

A fully equipped, well-rounded, and experienced main force of the Star Alliance... was completely evaporated in the Zhiyuan system.

The three prophets sat on the highest throne, their pale skin revealing bulging veins, their once composed and sacred demeanor completely gone.

Below, rows of high-ranking saints, fleet governors, and racial leaders all bowed their heads and held their breath, none daring to utter a sound to break the silence.

In the thousands of years of Holy War history of the Star Alliance, such a crushing defeat has never occurred.

From the outset of the war, they overwhelmingly defeated the human-led UNSC-controlled starfleet.

Without the legacy of the pioneers, their ships were weak in firepower, had thin shields, and were technologically backward. No matter how many formations they formed, they would eventually be glass-burned to ashes by the plasma main guns.

This time, however, the entire main force of the encirclement fleet was wiped out before it could even detect the enemy's main force outline, weapon system, and combat strength level.

"Analyze the source of the battle damage and find out where the enemy came from!" the Prophet of Truth said in a low voice.

The Covenant intelligence officer immediately presented the data on battlefield remnants, airspace energy remnants, and the spectrum of explosion aftershocks.

The more they analyzed it, the more horrified they became.

Because the entire battlefield contained only traces of conventional kinetic weapons used by human ships, as well as numerous high-density energy rays and missiles.

All the fleet wreckage belonged to their side!

The fact that not a single enemy warship was damaged is a very serious problem!

Either this mysterious force succeeded in its sneak attack, or it achieved absolute dominance through a higher level of technology and science.

The former group didn't consider that the space battlefield isn't flat; it's impossible to launch a surprise attack and annihilate the entire enemy without suffering any casualties...

They had never met on the interstellar battlefield when they were of similar strength.

But they couldn't think of any other force in the Milky Way that had this capability.

After all the intelligence was gathered, analyzed, and discussed, the Star Alliance arrived at a conclusion that was unbelievable to everyone, yet the only reasonable one.

It was the human forces that destroyed Urvoron's main fleet!

The entire Star Alliance leadership tacitly accepted this absurd deduction.

With so many relics left by our predecessors, and after so many years of human exploration of the stars, it's not surprising that we've found some technology left behind by them.

What else can they do about this?

We can only accept it.

It is assumed that the human eye does indeed conceal a high-end combat force.

After all, they had already sealed off the battlefield before the war broke out.

Apart from humans, it is simply impossible for any force to engage in large-scale warfare in the Reach space.

Furthermore, no force has any reason or motive to save the Autumn Wind Mound.

However, there are definitely not many such powerful fleets, there might only be one!

Otherwise, it would be impossible not to see such a powerful fleet on the battlefield at the start of a full-scale war.

"Regardless, they've already taken the coordinates of the Holy Ring!"

"We must find them! The Holy Ring must not fall into the hands of heretics!"

The three prophets angrily made the decision, and the devout and faithful believers below were even more furious!

The assessment of the situation was completely wrong, and the strategic simulation went entirely astray.

In order to lure out this fleet, the Covenant began to intensify its war against human planets!

The commanders of the major legions quickly finalized a plan to lure the enemy.

They believed that the mysterious fleet that annihilated Urvorren's main force was small in number and would not be spread across multiple fronts.

As long as you control the lifeline of human civilization—colonies—the other side will not be able to sit idly by.

The three prophets nodded in agreement and immediately ordered the abandonment of the previous indiscriminate glass-based purging tactics.

Instead, they selected three core planets in the outer ring of human star system—those with economic, military, and transportation functions—as their entry points.